The Monitoring Group on Cultural Heritage in the Baltic Sea States

1. The Polish Maritime Museum in Gdansk Poland Baltic Historic Ships- exhibition project Robert Domzal

2. The Monitoring Group on Cultural Heritage in the Baltic Sea States In 1997 the ministers of culture in the Baltic Sea Region agreed that special attention should be given to co-operation in cultural heritage. Four working groups were established to safeguard and develop common policies and to spread and exchange knowledge and expertise. Responsible for the whole work is a working group of senior heritage experts called the Monitoring Group. The cooperation takes place under the umbrella of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. The respective Ministries of Culture have appointed the Monitoring Group members from all the Baltic Sea States, including Norway and Iceland, except Russia. http://www.baltic heritage.net/index.html

3. Main activities Every 3rd year meeting of culture ministers of the BSS Every 2nd year Baltic Sea Cultural Heritage Forum Monitoring and Working Groups meetings, exhibitions, common projects etc.

4. Working Group ofCoastal Culture and Maritime Heritage Working Group initiated 1st Baltic Sea Cultural Heritage Forum under the title: “Common Sea – Common Culture?” in April 2003.

5. 3rd2nd Baltic Sea Cultural HeritageForum, Helsinki, Finland 2005

6. 3rdBaltic Sea Cultural Heritage Forum, Wilnius. Lithuania 2007

7. Working Groups Building Preservation and Maintenance in Practise • Coastal Culture and Maritime Heritage • Sustainable Historic Towns • Underwater Heritage able Historic Towns

8. Working Group ofCoastal Culture and Maritime Heritage The working group deals with the challenges connected to how maritime heritage could and should be a resource in the contemporary development of our rural and urban landscapes. The working group works to raise awareness of these issues. It also suggests, promotes and initiates projects and actions for co-operation.

9. Working Group ofCoastal Culture and Maritime Heritage • During the forum in Gdansk in 2003, the working group launched a poster exhibition on “Baltic Lights”. The twelve posters present a brief history of lighthouses and lightships in the region and show examples of good practice inpreservation. http://www.cmm.pl/balticlights/index.html

11. Working Group ofCoastal Culture and Maritime Heritage • During the 3rd Forum in Vilnius 26-27th Spetember 2007 the working group launched next poster exhibition on „Baltic Harbors”.

12. Working Group ofCoastal Culture and Maritime Heritage Nowadays WG focuses on Historic Ships preseravation. Next Baltic Sea Cultural Heritage Forum is planed in Riga in 2010. During this Forum new poster exhibition about Historic Ships will be launched.

13. Working Group ofCoastal Culture and Maritime Heritage • THE LIST OF 100 • The Objectives • The intention of the list is: • to collect and present information on preserved historic vessels in order to highlight the richness of the preserved ships in The Baltic Sea States. • to promote the value and importance of historic ships to wider audience and to decision-makers • to raise awareness and understanding of restoring and maintaining historic vessels

14. Working Group ofCoastal Culture and Maritime Heritage • THE LIST OF 100 • The Criteria • Each membership country can choose approximately 10 historical vessels either at the quayside or preserved on land. • The minimum size of the vessel is circa 12 x 4 meters (length x breadth) or 20 BRT. The size of the vessel is not unconditional criteria. Exceptions can be made and smaller craft is well acceptable if having such character, that they can be regarded important, valuable or typical from maritime cultural historic point of view. • The vessel is older than 50 years. Younger craft is acceptable if having such character, that they can be regarded important and valuable from maritime cultural historic point of view. • The vessel is built in Baltic Sea region, or been used commercially in Baltic or North Sea trade, or is otherwise having significant importance for the history of seafaring in the Baltic or North Sea region. • The outward appearance of the vessel is based on historical and technical documentation available from any chosen period of the vessels commercial life. • No replicas or archaeological finds accepted.

15. Working Group ofCoastal Culture and Maritime Heritage Historic ships-What are they? Definitions/lyrics/cultural and historicalimportance Connecting People- historic role of ships in society past and present – Diversity I-sea and land based preservation i.e. preservation by use, on land in museums – Ships and Harbours- historic ships in historic context examples of good practice Preservation and Maintenance-people and yards e.g skills/professionalyards/private activities Sources of History People Behind Historic Ships- individuals and associations good examples Experiences- children i.e. educational activities, special projects e.g. Cultural Tourism-links between tourism and historic vessels e.g steamers – What has been lost? Smaller craft/shipwrecks links to underwater archaeology Gallery – photos of ships’ sterns

20. Working Group ofCoastal Culture andMaritime Heritage Number of historic vessels in Poland War ships: 5 Tug boats: 5 Ice breakers: 2 Cargo vessels :2 Passenger: 2 Fishing: 2 Trainig: 1 Other: 5 .

21. Working Group ofCoastal Culture and Maritime Heritage Shipowners Museums:6 Associacions:4 private: 11 Exhibited afloat: 18 on land:6 Protection by law protected: 9 not protected:15 .

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23. Thank You very much ! Robert Domzal r.domzal@cmm.pl www.cmm.pl